At what level do you play Civilization II?

EmperorMing · August 21, 2001, 14:36

At what level do you play Civilization II?

(Thanks for the great idea M. le Comte)

Rasputin · August 21, 2001, 20:53

should make another poll for what level do you win at, I play at deity but olny win at king

EmperorMing · August 21, 2001, 21:06

Rasputin:

Good idea... I've been in the same situation!

By the way, why is your nick Rasputin? Has it got to do with that crazy monk? You should change your picture to one of him! He looks really scary...

ColdWizard · August 21, 2001, 22:06

i play scenarios at warlord and MP games on deity ("rah rules").

Smash · August 21, 2001, 22:54

Deity with some kind of handicap most of the time in SP.OCC,no this,no that,can't do this..etc.
Scenarios are at deity unless otherwise specified by the creator.

Usually deity or king for MP.Preference would be deity but it really doesn't matter.As long as it the same for everybody.King level almost always means way too many cities get built.

Emperor is a happy medium for mp.Not just a settler fest but you can put down 10 or more with little riot factor problems.

I like high barb settings..as long as they leave me alone early

Rasputin · August 22, 2001, 01:08

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Originally posted by EmperorMing
Rasputin:

Good idea... I've been in the same situation!

By the way, why is your nick Rasputin? Has it got to do with that crazy monk? You should change your picture to one of him! He looks really scary...

Umm being an old 1970's Music Lover its just one of my all time Fav songs...

But yes I can get vey crazy too.....

Just see my posts at HOTW2 Thread for how my lovely Israeli civ has changed over the centuries !!!!!!

M. le Comte · August 22, 2001, 04:47

I play Emperor and Deity, but I only win at Emperor.

My civ is not crushed in Deity level, but I think the AI cheat too much. I hate canon of the AI, which have 2 or three points of move. I hate their bonus in production. Last week, Russian in Deity built Leonardo's workshop in three turns, hile they had not such a stack of gold, and while they hadn't began yet the construction of a wonder. So Deity is a big challenge, but only because the AI cheats a lot. That's really annoying.

I hope it will change a bit in civ 3

Meeko · August 22, 2001, 05:54

Deity.

The AI isn't that bad under Deity...you get used to it.

I prefer archipelagoes because then you need all the unit types (land, sea and air) and more strategy than on large land masses...it's more challenging to find good city sites, and doesn't allow you to build too many cities. You need more strategy, tactics and logistics.

Mmmkay?

reds4ever · August 22, 2001, 06:05

like smash i play Emp, i can win at diety but it's a bit of a slog, at least with Emp if you don't get the happy wonders you've still got a fighting chance by getting invention and ICSing

Juggler · August 22, 2001, 06:48

I don't play Deity level so often. Last time I played it was on a scenario game. I was quite successful in the beginning and some 3000 years passed before I made my first contact with another civ.
They were 500 years ahead of me in science and I couldn't make peace with them. They nuked me and destroyed my civ.

Marquis de Sodaq · August 22, 2001, 09:32

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Originally posted by Smash
I like high barb settings..as long as they leave me alone early

Ah, a diplomat in each outlying city cures that problem! Buy a horseman for 42 gold, he nabs the leader the next turn for a 108 gold profit.

You end up with a huge mercenary army...

I used to play barbarians at restless tribes, but raging hordes is more fun in the early going. It forces a bit more effort on defensive strategy while you expand.

Paul L · August 22, 2001, 23:57

I play emporer, but last four games I conquered the world without much problems, so may be it's time to move to deity.

By the way, all those four games I only wanted to build the spaceship. After 1750 they all kept attacking me so often, that I had to do some punishing. That way I grew larger and larger and ended up conquering the world.

Imagine that I never won at emporer with civ1 while i've played that game so much more

Paul L · August 22, 2001, 23:59

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Ah, a diplomat in each outlying city cures that problem! Buy a horseman for 42 gold, he nabs the leader the next turn for a 108 gold profit. You end up with a huge mercenary army...

They are so often on the same square. So you have to take the blow before you can cash the leader.

Caesar the Great · August 23, 2001, 09:35

*sigh* and ming told me he had no d/ls

Six Thousand Year Old Man · August 23, 2001, 11:56

I play Emperor now, usually. King sometimes, but that tends to be too easy. I've played Deity and got my butt kicked each time. I imagine I could win on Deity by following the instructions so many have posted, but I don't have the patience or discipline for that!

When I started to visit Apolyton I played on Prince/King... so I think it's helped me become a better player. That, or the drugs.

STYOM

Marquis de Sodaq · August 23, 2001, 13:22

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Originally posted by Paul L
They are so often on the same square. So you have to take the blow before you can cash the leader.

Yes, this is assuming you have a defender fortified in said city. It's good practice to provide your settler an escort while building a new city, then there is no delay.

N35t0r · August 23, 2001, 16:14

I've played civ 2 till i beat it in Diety as soon as i got it, and then stopped playing it for a while.

When i started playing again, i got my ass kicked at diety, so i started at warlord, beat it fast, then at king, and progressed up to Diety again. After a while, i got fed up again and also of scenarios, so i stopped playing it.

Now i play it at king, in which i conquer the world by the 1950s, taking in account i alrady have all my cities perfectly done by then. (like, hills and shield grass, with all improvements)

With however the eventual game in Emperor or Diety in which i manage tu survive till they nuke me or i get fed up at AI cheating just too much.

shade · August 23, 2001, 17:32

Diety is fun,it only is a pain the AI cheat's so much,especially those wonderturbobuilds are annoying.
(but i still kick their buts straight into oblivion

)

Shade

lord of the mark · August 23, 2001, 21:08

I play the original game at deity, but lose far more often than I win ( i tend to prefer a perfectionist style, and im neither the most advanced strategist nor best micromanager)

Lately i usually play scenarios. Typically I'll play the first time at emperor or even king, till Ive become familiar with it.

LOTM

War4ever · August 24, 2001, 12:34

i play deity raging hordes........ those are prefered settings of course......whether its mp or sp.

i will play king games of MP but with barbs set on villages which is too common it becomes a settler spitting competition.

the worst is when barbs spawn from the same spots thus negating your chances of expnsion.....i find this frustrating to the point where i would rather sacrifice an early city then spend the next two millenium strolling around the pesky buggers.

Barbs are like huts.... they greatly unbalance the game...... but the rewards can be worth it.

Mind you there is nothing worse then getting almost every tech to invention and still waiting 28 turns for Monarchy

ah well......

Jusbaummer · August 26, 2001, 05:09

I never play anything but Deity raging hordes because I think it's boring when you are totally supreme (and that happens sooner or later in Deity game, anyway)

I think there should be much harder levels!

shade · August 26, 2001, 09:16

Why don't you try the Diety+ levels? then
there are some threads around here that explain how it is done.

Shade

Scouse Gits · August 26, 2001, 12:42

Deity, raging - because we can ...
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